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The Army rivalryNavy has climbed into dynasty-caliber territory — into the top 37% of FBS by power rating over the last three seasons, up from the top 39% a year ago.our read

American Athletic · Brian Newberry, year 4 (27-13) · Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium · 34,000 · 32,654 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The model#74 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #55 (+3.6) · FPI #89
The marketno line yetat UAB · our model 37% Navy · a number, not a pick

LastL 30–38 at Florida Atlantic · Sat Sep 12 · Jackson Gutierrez 100 pass yds, 2 TD, 75 rush yds

Nextat UAB · Fri Sep 25 · 7 pm ET · Protective Stadium · series 3-0, won the last 3 · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

The model has Navy at #74 — the fanbase hasn't weighed in yet.

Brian Newberry's year 4 (2026): 1-1, behind Ken Niumatalolo's 7-6 in the same spot.

Fanbase belief
Quiet
signal pending this week
The model
#74
CFB Zeitgeist · -0.4
✓ measured
Explore all 4 corners of the fanbase ↓
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dynasty move

Navy's rise to top 37% signals mid-major breakthrough.

Newberry's third season arrives with Navy's 24-12 mark in hand — the kind of consistency that keeps a triple-option program in December.

The question isn't answered yet.

The Pulse on Navy

Quiet · Wk 2 · 62 mentions · medium confidence
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Bill the Goat watches the horizon.

What moved it — last 14 days

— Awaiting next signal window
"Anchors Aweigh" — Navy fanbase · recurring line
7 mentions · awaiting signal
The Fever Year

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

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GGoogle News
AAcademy Wars
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5 outlets & communities talking

What little we hear

Only 4 cohort(s) cleared the signal floor this week, so we won’t stage a split we can’t back. Here’s the honest read:

Millennials+0.12
Analytics crowd+0.12
National take+0.12
Gen Z+0.12

How Navy fans actually talk real · top-upvoted

Rr/CFBthe room

Going back to 1869, college football teams were 110,352 - 0 when leading after the end of regulation

▲ 1.3k ▼open ↗

The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model

fan energy
37%
recent results
16%
where the program is headed
13%
the rankings
8%
the schedule
7%

Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.

138 mentions · 5 sources · week 2026-02. Counts, sources and the divergence rank are measured (fact). Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model read (our read) — never a quote attributed to a person.
Belief checklight on evidence

~ our readNavy fans are leaning negative, but it's more feel than fact right now.

backed by facts
3% cited a stat or resultleague 6%
the mood
24% optimistic31% down

✓ counted We read 62 posts from Navy fans this week.

Five Lenses

What people are saying right now

Radio, beat writers & editorial2 posts
On3 CFB
“ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Braxton Woodson rushed for a career-high 200 yards and three touchdowns as Navy opened its season with a 42-15 victory over Towson on Saturday…”
1w ago
The broader fanbase7 posts
r/CFB
“Being both a Texas and Navy fan, watching both of them rally back at the same time was such an insane emotional flip its really hard to describe. Disappointed…”
2d ago
News & campus coverage5 posts
News
“Navy Closes Non-Conference Slate with 1-0 Shutout of Youngstown State Naval Academy Athletics”
1d ago

Fanbase health · Navy

Navy's fanbase is growing — 65 of 100.

Quiet (7 weighted voices in the latest week) and winning on the field (11-2 last season, 1-1 so far).

On the field — 11-2 last season, 1-1 so far82
How loud — 7 weighted voices in the latest week47

2 of 3 signals · on-field reading uses last season until 4 games are in · 0–100, bands at 26 / 51 / 76

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Rivalry moodBoth fanbases' moods, side by side, week by week.

Army-Navy Game

Fan mood across the 2025 season, both sides — our read

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Shaded weeks show whose fanbase read warmer, our measure of what fans actually said, not a poll.

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